Artist Statement
There is a rhythm to life, to the day, to the moment—though in our life of moments we may not recognize this music and be the less for it. What is most likely to remind us of this measured flow of connections that is our birthright, if not the personal vision of the artist?
I see beauty breaking out everywhere, as Emerson put it. I feel called to speak of it through intuition, direct experience, lumps of clay and the experience of many years as a painter, printmaker and a human being with a heart and an eye.
Bio
Christine holds a BA from the University of California (1969) and an MFA from The Claremont Graduate School (1973). She has taught drawing, painting and printmaking on the college level in California and Oregon. She is a practicing artist and has also had a career as a landscape designer.
Since moving to the Northwest, she has shown her work in juried and invitational exhibitions and is represented by Museo Art Gallery, Langley, WA.
Recent Exhibition Record
2025
Museo Gallery, Langley, WA, Michael Howard, Christine Westergaard, Julie Sevilla Drake (3 person)
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 41st Annual Fine Arts Auction, Regional Juried (Group)
Museum of NW Art, LaConner, WA 33rd Annual Auction, Regional Juried (Group)
KOBO Gallery, Seattle, WA Featured Artist for May (Group)
Modern Glaze Gallery, Shoreline, WA Contain Yourself, Invitational (Group)
JAG Gallery, Key West, FL, Small Works 2025, National Juried (Group)
Seward Park Clay Studio, Seattle, WA, Annual Holiday Show + Sale, Regional Invitational (Group)
2026
Museo Gallery, Langley, WA, Christine Westergaard, Elizabeth Bruno, Leslie Stoner, Lauren Boilini (4 person)
2024
2023
ie gallery, Edison, WA Vessel, Regional Invitational
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 39th Annual Fine Arts Auction, Regional
Invitational
Museo Gallery, Langley, WA The Garden Show, Gallery Artists Group Show
Seward Park Clay Studio, Seattle, WA Annual Holiday Show + Sale, Regional
Invitational
JAG Gallery, Key West, FL Small Works 2024, National Juried
Museo Gallery, Langley, WA Elizabeth Bruno, Bruce Hale and Christine Westergaard
Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA 40th Annual Fine Arts Auction, Regional
Juried
Domicile Gallery, Seattle, WA Spring Interlude Show, Regional Invitational
Seward Park Clay Studio, Seattle, WA, Annual Holiday Show + Sale, Regional Invitational
2022
Lincoln Center Cultural Center, Lincoln City, OR For the Seventh Generation 2022, Regional Invitational
Mighty Tieton Warehouse, Tieton, WA 10X10 Tieton, National Juried